Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama: The Journal of Augustus Benners, 1850-1885Mercer University Press, 2007 - 357 halaman ""Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama offers a rare look into the life of a Civil War character many would say they love to hate: the plantation owner. A slave-owning cotton grower, Augustus Benners recorded decades of his mostly gritty and unglamorous plantation life ... Deft editing, annotation, and explanatory notes by Glenn and Virginia Linden complement and elucidate Benners's historical accounts"--From publisher's description. |
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... gives us the perspective of one man who enjoyed real privilege but not overwhelming wealth , who took part in major decisions but never wielded great power , and who witnessed destruction but was not himself destroyed . The Old South's ...
... gives us the perspective of one man who enjoyed real privilege but not overwhelming wealth , who took part in major decisions but never wielded great power , and who witnessed destruction but was not himself destroyed . The Old South's ...
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... give $ 2,000,000 to families of indigent soldiers and $ 2,500,000 for the defense of Alabama— " The Extortion Bill was one of the most important measures passed to which I was opposed . " His efforts to resist tax increases were in vain ...
... give $ 2,000,000 to families of indigent soldiers and $ 2,500,000 for the defense of Alabama— " The Extortion Bill was one of the most important measures passed to which I was opposed . " His efforts to resist tax increases were in vain ...
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... give us strength to endure whatever may befall . " The Reconstruction Years On 17 May 1865 , Augustus Benners wrote of his frustration with post- war conditions : " The sadness of these times can scarcely be described . " There was a ...
... give us strength to endure whatever may befall . " The Reconstruction Years On 17 May 1865 , Augustus Benners wrote of his frustration with post- war conditions : " The sadness of these times can scarcely be described . " There was a ...
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... give advice and watch the campaign unfold . The race was so close that it finally came down to the vote of the state of New York . Democrats won by a narrow margin , though it took a week of recounting to be certain of the vote . There ...
... give advice and watch the campaign unfold . The race was so close that it finally came down to the vote of the state of New York . Democrats won by a narrow margin , though it took a week of recounting to be certain of the vote . There ...
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... give to the people in each county & beat the right by a majority vote to regulate the liquor traffic in their beats . which I opposed on the grounds that in the first place it was unconstitutional and could not be legally enacted — and ...
... give to the people in each county & beat the right by a majority vote to regulate the liquor traffic in their beats . which I opposed on the grounds that in the first place it was unconstitutional and could not be legally enacted — and ...
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The Reconstruction Years May 18651877 | 138 |
The Later Years 18781885 | 263 |
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